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4. Additional penalty. If the holder of a lobster and crab
fishing license violates this section by cutting a lobster trap
line, the court shall:

 
A. Order that person to pay to the owner of the trap line
that was cut an amount equal to twice the replacement value
of all traps lost as a result of that cutting; and

 
B. Direct that person to provide proof of payment of that
restitution to the Commissioner of Marine Resources
commissioner as required by section 6402, subsection 1.

 
A penalty imposed under this subsection is in addition to any
penalty imposed under section 6204.

 
Sec. 6. 12 MRSA §6451, sub-§1, as amended by PL 2003, c. 20, Pt. WW,
§5, is further amended to read:

 
1. Allocation of license fees. Ten dollars of each $113.75
fee, $10 of each $114 fee, $20 of each $228.50 fee, $30 of each
$341.25 fee and $5 of each $56 fee for each lobster and crab
fishing license must be allocated to the Lobster Fund, which
must be used for the purposes of lobster biology research, of
propagation of lobsters by liberating seed lobsters and female
lobsters in Maine coastal waters and of establishing and
supporting lobster hatcheries.

 
Sec. 7. 12 MRSA §6621, sub-§3, ¶B, as amended by PL 1995, c. 323, §1,
is repealed.

 
Sec. 8. 12 MRSA §6728-A, as reallocated by RR 2003, c. 1, §7, is
reallocated to §6721-A.

 
Sec. 9. 12 MRSA §6743, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 1981, c. 297, §4, is
amended to read:

 
3. Exception. This section shall does not apply to the taking
of quahogs under the authority of section 6856 or to quahogs kept
or washed in waters sterilized with a system which has been
approved in writing by the commissioner, provided that the waters
are also approved for that use.

 
Sec. 10. 12 MRSA §6747, sub-§3, as enacted by PL 1987, c. 328, §3, is
amended to read:

 
3. Exception. This section shall does not apply to:

 
A. The taking of mussels under the authority of section
6856; or.


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